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Cool film. Easily one of the best US films of the year. Love the hybrid docu/fiction nature of the film. Lots to analyze here... because basically this is a documentary with cinematic reenactments.

From imdb: During filming the actors were not allowed to meet their real life counterparts because the director feared they would sympathise and/or play them in a certain light.

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The director originally approached Warren and the others about the film while they were still incarcerated for the crime. The resulting relationship that developed culminated in the final film, after they were released.

it's weird to me that barry keoghan is a person who exists in the 21st century and not a small elvish ceramist who lives in a hut and picks sunflowers all day. i feel like he talks to birds and a pair of rabbits bring him his Ye Olde Ireland newspaper every morning like i can't picture him using any technology that's not carved out of wood

what was working so well as a comedy became dark and realistic FAST, but for the most part i think the genre shift is effective. my rating for this is probably gonna go up or down with some reflection, only time will tell

also, the best line in the movie, in reference to reservoir dogs: “it’s probably my least favorite tarantino film”

Honestly shocked at how many of my Letterboxd friends did not seem to like this movie! I reeeeeeally enjoyed it. It’s stylish, tense, upsetting, and SO well-acted– Evan Peters, Blake Jenner, and Barry Keoghan were outstanding. It even acts as it’s own documentary, which seemed ridiculous at first but quickly justified itself in a way that I loved. I might have qualms with the final minutes of the movie, but overall I can’t complain too much. I dug it. It’s like Crime, Tonya.

(Also, I am now 2 for 2 this week at getting mad at theatergoers who keep laughing during particularly tense and upsetting scenes of Ann Dowd movies 😤)

You’ve seen too many movies.” It’s a line that’s almost as old as the movies themselves. And yet, in reality, very few people have actually seen too many movies (and most of those people are film critics). More often than not, the trouble is that someone hasn’t seen enough movies. Case in point: Bart Layton’s “American Animals.”

Had the film-loving twentysomethings at the heart of this real-life heist story bothered to watch the “Rififi” DVD they rent from their local Blockbuster, perhaps they would have known how these stories usually end (though a deep knowledge of “Reservoir Dogs” doesn’t seem to faze them). Had any of them taken the time to revisit “Fight Club” (because there’s no way these kids haven’t seen “Fight Club”), perhaps they wouldn’t have needed to throw their lives away in order to make peace with the notion that they’re not as special as their mothers led them to believe.

my dad fell asleep twice during this. he told me remembered what happened and promises he didn’t miss anything important; but he actually was asleep during the most pivotal points. he was so deep in his asleep that i heard him snore and nudged him, yet he still slept unbothered. the film was so quiet that i swear to god everyone heard him snore.

i want to like review this properly but i am lazy and will not do that. anyway it’s goodbad and would be better if it wasnt such a weird shoehorned 😔😔 class commentary 😔😔

as with every real life event in the whole world one can (and should) draw their own conclusions about what the true story behind American Animals actually reflects/represents

i cant remember the directors name because i dont care but im pretty sure he makes documentaries, which is.. concerning?? because this movie basically tells you what it really means the whole time that it’s running (a fault that is forgivable here, in a narrative, but would make a documentary literally unwatchably bad)

but whatever heists are cool as shit and crime is fun to watch!!! the story is ultimately just about a group of teenage stoners losing touch with reality and doing stupid shit and we should love it for what it is 💕💗

This was one of those "never heard of it but it's on demand and has a high rotten tomatoes score" kind of selections. But it's interesting. Basically a movie about a bunch of college students who tried to rob millions worth of rare books from their school. True story, but it's like a mix between a documentary and a movie, since half is actors and the other half is the real people talking about it, interview style. So, you know, not bad.